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Nearly Sane

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Fictional Companies Quiz
« on: August 14, 2023, 07:22:21 PM »
Was thinking that there's a decent quiz round in asking what TV Series contain specific fictional companies/businesses, so here it is.


1. Ewing Oil
2. Wernham Hogg
3. Bettabuys
4. Vandelay Industries
5. Jupiter Mining Company
6. Dunder Mifflin
7. Milliway's
8. Slate Rock and Gravel Company
9. Sunshine Desserts
10. Bad Wolf Corporation


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Re: Fictional Companies Quiz
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2023, 08:15:45 PM »
Answers I know without Google SPOILERS

1 Dallas
2 The Office
3 Don’t know
4 Don’t know
5 Red Dwarf
6 Don’t know
7 H2G2
8 guess at The Flintstones
9 The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
10 Dob’t know

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Re: Fictional Companies Quiz
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2023, 12:11:50 AM »
Answers I know

,1,2,8,9 same as yourself.
I don't know 7 (even with your answer!)
but I'm pretty sure I know 3 and 10.
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Re: Fictional Companies Quiz
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2023, 08:50:35 AM »
I recognise 1,3,5,8,9,10.
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Re: Fictional Companies Quiz
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2023, 09:58:28 AM »
,1,2,8,9 same as yourself.
I don't know 7 (even with your answer!)
but I'm pretty sure I know 3 and 10.

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Re: Fictional Companies Quiz
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2023, 10:02:12 AM »
I've Googled the others and the only one I can't get is Bettabuys because there are simply too many real companies with the same or a similar name.
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Re: Fictional Companies Quiz
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2023, 10:04:26 AM »
I've Googled the others and the only one I can't get is Bettabuys because there are simply too many real companies with the same or a similar name.
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